Stray Bus Day 4 - Taupo

Today we went to the Maori heartland of the country. We travelled through to a town called Rotorua. You know when you are close to Rotorua because you can smell it before you can see it. There is alot of Geothermal activity here, hot springs and hot mud pools, however this also means that it smells like rotten eggs! We had a quick walk round the park with lots of bubbling mud pools and found a hot bath to paddle in. Other people from our bus went white water rafting over a 7m water fall! After Rotorua we drove to Taupo. Lake Taupo was stunning, the lake is the same size as Singapore! On the way we stopped at a Green Waterfall called the Huka Falls. We had a nice hostel and spent the evening in the hostel bar making the most of some cheap drinks!